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cryptonews.com
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It's now official: Google confirmed report by Cryptonews.com that it is set to ban cryptocurrency ads and join Facebook and Twitter in their bids to crack down on crypto-related scams and "misleading practices." We spoke to the industry players to find out the pros and cons of this decision. Eliminating potential scams and misleading services may potentially help to inspire greater public faith in the crypto industry that remains.

dailydot.com
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Our addiction to social media is well documented. Studies have compared its neurological effects to those of cocaine, with some research suggesting that it’s replaced alcohol and drugs as the vice of choice for today’s youth. Well, now another survey has arrived to corroborate what many both inside and outside the tech industry have long argued.

cryptonews.com
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Some of the world’s central bankers believe cryptocurrencies are a threat to the stability of the global economic system. "What concerns me most," Yves Mersch, an executive board member of the European Central Bank, said in January, "is when financial market infrastructures such as stock exchanges enter this business. That poses a major threat to financial stability."

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